Mass Layoffs Are Fueling the Growth of Far Right Authoritarianism

To stop the momentum of the far right, we need to confront mass layoff capitalism, says labor expert Les Leopold.

There’s a huge and ubiquitous problem we’re not talking enough about: mass layoffs. The Bureau of Labor Statistics defines mass layoffs as 50 or more workers filing for unemployment insurance at a single company during a five-week span. Millions of workers have experienced them over the past several decades. Mass layoffs are driven by Wall Street’s incessant demand for cost-cutting measures to...

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